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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But the opposite is also true. I am from Eastern Europe. [b]A vast majority of Harvard kids would not be able to pass entrance exams at any of the schools.[/b] They simply do not have the level of knowledge required for entry (and study). If they studied for months, sure, but as they are right now - no way.

You need to understand that expectations from incoming freshmen are entirely different. Nobody cares about your sports or the non profit you started. Even your gold medal at a math Olympiad will not get you a place at an engineering school much less anywhere else. You think your fencing class presidents are so impressive, fine, but that doesn’t translate abroad as much as you think it does.[/quote]

This is patently false, and sounds like European propaganda a la [b]"Americans are dumb[/b]".[/quote]

Well unfortunately the UK admissions folks all believe it. I s[b]tudied Art History for A level in the UK[/b] (amongst others) and knew more about it than a friend in the US who was studying it as a major at a State University. I was astonished.[/quote]

That’s because PP - Art History was one of THREE (maybe four) classes that you took at A levels. Meanwhile your American friend took Calculus, Biology, foreign Language, English, Statistics, and at least one or two additional classes in their junior and senior year (the year equivalent of A levels). And OF COURSE you were an Art History pro during undergrad, that is what the UK system is built for - high specialization. Whereas the American system is built around Breadth of Knowledge. So awesome that you can name Greek columns, but you wouldn’t know a standard deviation if it hit you in the face. [/quote]

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